Sturgis' girl's basketball team dropped a 59-41 decision on the road to Loy Norrix Tuesday.

Yet, coach Brian Beebe said he was proud of his players for hanging in there and playing tough. After all, the Lady Trojans played the final 2 1/2 quarters with only five players.

"We played great tonight, this is the happiest I have ever been with an 18-point loss in my life," Beebe said.

Sturgis dressed only seven players but after two injuries, had to finish the final two-plus quarters with only five.

"Loy Norrix is a very solid team and we looked good early," Beebe said. "We did what we wanted to early on — getting the ball inside."

Rachel Anderson scored seven first quarters points, parlayed with a couple of triples by Ariana George and Sturgis led early. In fact, the Lady Trojans held a 16-11 advantage after one quarter of action.

That lead stayed until midway through the second quarter, where Loy Norrix scored 17 points.

Sturgis trailed 28-21 at the break.

"We felt good going into the second half and we knew we were only going to have five players," Beebe said. "I thought we were obviously tired in that second half, but in the fourth quarter we played great. I'm very happy with the effort from our girls tonight, they played their guts out."

Norrix held a 31-20 advantage in the second half.

Anderson totaled 16 points, 15 rebounds and threes blocks while George had 15 and four assists.

All of George's points came on 3-pointers, as she tied the school record with five made triples in the game. The record is now held by George, her sister Astynn, Claire Blanchard and Melanie Davis.

Nicolette Nelson chipped in six points and nine rebounds, Marissa Parker added three and Kayla Nichols hit a free throw. Courtney Lovelace had four assists.

Page 2 of 2 - "We are looking for our five girls that ended the game to play with that type of effort the rest of the year," Beebe said. "I think they see now that we can win when we play hard and with that level of effort moving forward, we're going to win basketball games."

Centreville 55, Eau Claire 13

A huge defensive effort by the Centreville girl's basketball team propelled them to a 55-13 drubbing of Eau Claire Tuesday.

The Lady Bulldogs led 18-3 after eight minutes and 27-9 at halftime.

Eau Claire didnt' score in the third quarter and added only four points in the fourth. Centreville added 17 and 11, respectively.

Christen Kahila led everybody with 28 points, adding 11 rebounds.

Charity Yeager tossed in 10 points and nine rebounds while Rudy Crawford had eight points and 12 rebounds. Katie Logan chipped in with seven points, six rebounds, five assists and five steals while Jenna Beeker added two points and four rebounds.